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Military bombs civilian area in Karenni State’s Demoso Township, killing three people

February 24, 2022/in News

The targeted villages are near the town of Nan Mei Khon and along the strategic road connecting two resistance strongholds: Demoso and Moebye Three civilians were killed and five were injured after the Myanmar army attacked two villages in Karenni State’s Demoso Township from the air on Wednesday evening. A military jet bombed Dung Ka […]

Press Statement: Myanmar CSOs meet with the UN Special Envoy

February 22, 2022/in Press Releases and Statements

Reiterates CSOs rejection of power-sharing with the military junta, offers recommendations to UNSE On 21 February, representatives of 20 Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs) met with the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar. The meeting followed a joint statement issued by 247 CSOs in response to the UN Special Envoy’s (UNSE’s) interview with the Channel News Asia (CNA). […]

Military bombs civilian area in Karenni State’s Demoso Township, killing three people

February 24, 2022/in News

Press Statement: Myanmar CSOs meet with the UN Special Envoy

February 22, 2022/in Press Releases and Statements

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Military bombs civilian area in Karenni State’s Demoso Township, killing three people

February 24, 2022/in News

The targeted villages are near the town of Nan Mei Khon and along the strategic road connecting two resistance strongholds: Demoso and Moebye

Three civilians were killed and five were injured after the Myanmar army attacked two villages in Karenni State’s Demoso Township from the air on Wednesday evening.

A military jet bombed Dung Ka Mee and Si Li Dung, which are separated by a road, just after 6pm, according to a volunteer rescue worker. The villages are less than 10km from Nan Mei Khon town.

“Three civilians died on the spot. An older woman was left unconscious and is now in critical condition,” he told Myanmar Now.

The casualties included three men, two of whom were found dead inside a house in Dung Ka Mee, and one who had been travelling by motorcycle on the road near the house at the time of the blast.

“The motorcyclist came along the main road, which was exactly where the military bomb dropped and he got hit,” the rescue worker said.

Those injured included a 60-year-old woman and a 40-year-old man, and three individuals who have yet to be identified.

A house in each of the two villages was destroyed.

On Thursday there were reportedly three more airstrikes on the Nan Mei Khon area between 5:30am and 12:30pm, according to the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF).

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An injured local is seen getting medical treatment after the air attack on Tuesday (KNDF)

Battles reignited between the junta’s forces and a Karenni resistance alliance in Moebye, southern Shan State, on February 16. The military has employed both heavy weapons and airstrikes during the clashes.

“The battles actually started in Moebye and it spread to Nan Mei Khon. You can get to Loikaw and also to Demoso through Dung Ka Mee village as it connects Demoso and Moebye,” the rescue worker said, referring to the road where the bombs hit.

The military council has not released any information on the incident.

According to the statement released by the KNDF, 61 junta soldiers had died in the eight nonstop days of battles on Wednesday.

More than 20 resistance fighters had also been killed during that same period, according to reports released by their respective guerrilla groups.

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Press Statement: Myanmar CSOs meet with the UN Special Envoy

February 22, 2022/in Press Releases and Statements

Reiterates CSOs rejection of power-sharing with the military junta, offers recommendations to UNSE

On 21 February, representatives of 20 Myanmar civil society organizations (CSOs) met with the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Myanmar.

The meeting followed a joint statement issued by 247 CSOs in response to the UN Special Envoy’s (UNSE’s) interview with the Channel News Asia (CNA).

While reiterating concerns expressed in their statement, the representatives assured the UNSE that the Myanmar people’s revolution presents an unprecedented opportunity for a peaceful Myanmar, as the people themselves have come to identify their collective vision for a new Myanmar that is based on federal democracy.

The calls have been clear: a new vision of Myanmar does not include the military in politics.

The representatives expressed concern over possible UN and governments attempts to convince political entities in Myanmar to enter into power sharing settlements in the lead up to the military junta orchestrated August 2023 elections. During the meeting, the representatives stated that it is extremely crucial for the UN to understand that the current political crisis is not between the National League for Democracy and the junta or between the National Unity Government (NUG) and the junta, but it is the junta staging a war against the nation and committing violence and atrocities against the people.

In addition, the representatives emphasized the need for justice and accountability. They emphasized that the terrorist military junta, who have committed grave crimes – genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes – must be held accountable, and not offered more power, a seat at the table or legitimacy from the international community.

The representatives also reiterated their concern regarding the UNSE’s comment that “the military is in control at this particular time”, stressing that such comment is a misinterpretation based on misconstrued understanding of the realities on the ground. Myanmar people have resisted the brutal and sadistic tactics of the illegal terrorist military junta and successfully prevented it from gaining territorial, political or economic control over the country for over a year – the representatives urged the UN to acknowledge this historic feat.

Moreover, the groups emphasized that the mandate of the UNSE has been historically ineffectual. The groups urged the mandate to be transformed from its traditional approach of peace brokering to center on accountability and moves to achieve transitional justice, to strengthen relevance of the role that reflects the current realities on the ground. The groups also urged that the mandate should ensure that stakeholders engaging in Myanmar comply with UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions relevant to the protection of civilians in situations of armed conflict, including UNSC resolutions on Women Peace and Security.

In addition, the representatives urged the UNSE to put in place necessary measures to ensure Myanmar people’s voices are given priority and ensure that procedures include a robust and inclusive engagement with Myanmar civil society organizations. In this regard, the groups expressed their readiness to continue to engage with the UNSE.

Finally, the groups called on the UNSE to bring several recommendations put forward by the people of Myanmar and CSOs to the UN, ASEAN and the wider international community. These include the following;

On humanitarian aid, the UN, ASEAN and international humanitarian aid organizations must:

Disengage from partnering with the junta in the provision of humanitarian assistance, preventing them from weaponizing humanitarian aid in their campaign of terror against the people or for the junta to use humanitarian assistance as leverage to gain legitimacy.
Direct humanitarian aid through cross-border channels, local humanitarian and medical networks, ethnic service providers, community-based and civil society organizations, regardless of their registration status.
Ensure the development of a holistic strategy in addressing the human rights and humanitarian crisis guided by the principles of “do no harm” and non-discrimination, and take effective measures to ensure that all engagement in Myanmar is subject to rigorous and ongoing human rights, security risk, and mitigation assessments.
Conduct transparent dialogue and consultations with Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) and CSOs to ensure communities are included in the process of decision making and in the distribution of aid, including how funds and aid is being allocated and to identify immediate and most urgent needs on the ground.
Consult and sign MoUs with the NUG and Ethnic Revolutionary Organizations (EROs)/Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) to address the deepening humanitarian crisis across the country.
Reduce restrictions and complex funding requirements for Community-based Organizations and CSOs, working in conflict-related humanitarian service provision.

To ASEAN:

Recognize and formally engage with the NUG, National Unity Consultative Council (NUCC) and EAOs/EROs.
Recognize that ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHA Centre) does not have the mandate, capacity or the independence to tackle the dire humanitarian situation and deliver aid to the people of Myanmar in a way that does not lend tactical and political advantage to the junta and seek the support of a UN-led humanitarian response.
Stop inviting the military junta and their representatives to meetings, forums and summits and allowing the military to play a part or hold chairmanship in different ASEAN institutions.

To the UN Security Council:

The UNSC must adopt a resolution on Myanmar that includes the following:

Impose a global arms embargo and prevent the provision of weapons and dual-purpose equipment to the junta.
Impose targeted sanctions against Myanmar military-linked businesses, their partners and associates as well as their network of arms dealers. Member States must also sanction the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise.
Immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners and those who have been arbitrarily detained as well as to drop all warrants against the people.
Denounce, in the strongest terms, the indiscriminate airstrikes by the Myanmar military against unarmed civilians, civilian objects, villages, internally displaced persons camps, and buildings and structures including religious buildings, schools, hospitals, and historic monuments.
Immediately sanction aviation fuel in order to stop the military from further inflicting violence using aerial strikes and impose no-fly zones in conflict areas, particularly along the border areas.
Refer the situation of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court.

For more information, please contact:

Khin Ohmar, Progressive Voice, info@progressive-voice.org
Nang Moet Moet, Women’s League of Burma, secretariat@womenofburma.org
Naw Wah Khu Shee, Karen Peace Support Network, Wahku80@gmail.com

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